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Yasuko Hashimoto wins the women's race

She won in two hours, 26minutes, 32seconds (2.26.32)

2003-09-28

Yasuko Hashimoto made it four in a row for Japanese runners in the Berlin
Marathon women's race this morning (Sunday), when she won in two hours,
26minutes, 32seconds (2.26.32).

Hashimoto took over from long-time leader Alina Ivanova of Russia at 35
kilometres, and was never challenged again. In only her third marathon,
Hashimoto improved her best from 2.29.37, set in Nagoya earlier this year, and
follows the victories of compatriots, Kazumi Matsuo in 2000, and Naoko
Takahashi in 2001, when she ran a world record of 2.19.46. Takahashi won again
in 2002.